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Jalopnik first drive review: The M235i Gran Coupe is Actually a Blast to Drive
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Still not a proper BMW with a FWD based AWD sorry not sorry but this is junk regardless. If someone wanted that platform they could buy an Audi
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![]() I'm happy to hear it is a good car. Though, I expected as much. My X2 M35i is a blast, and I'm sure this will be too. ![]() |
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Doesn't make it any less ugly. And forgot the most important quote:
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11-21-2019, 04:31 PM | #5 |
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Uh, all I gotta say is: Anything with a hint of reputation from THE Hans Stuck will out perform anything in its class. I don't care if it looks like utter hell! They have him as inspiration of performance. It could be a garbage can with wheels and he'd make sure to set records in it. A BMW will always be sneaky quick and fun to drive. Let's all remember why we bought our first BMW to begin with.
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11-21-2019, 04:38 PM | #6 |
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Of course it is, Mini's are fun to drive too, but this should not be a BMW(period)
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Just curious, but why, if any of you would, buy a 2GC over say, a Golf GTI/R??? I don't see many reasons to if I'm being honest, other than wanting the badge on the hood.
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The whole reason I left Audi for the F22 M235i and now M240i is RWD, 6 cylinders and the option to get a manual transmission.
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regardless of that a FWD based AWD feels a lot different (not in a good way) compared to a RWD based system.
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Once this car goes 100% Electric that will no longer be an issue.
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If sales figures are your major metric of what makes a successful vehicle, then perhaps we should crown the latest Corolla as the best car of them all.
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This F44 2er GC 2 is built on FAAR while the next generation G42 2er Coupe coming in 2021 will be built on CLAR. There will be RWD models available, might still be an I6 in the M Performance model, and might still be an optional MT in some models. |
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Indeed it is. I am driving the more volume orientated in Europe 220d.
And it's very respectable.
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I just can't get past that much ugly.
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I am dreading the day BMW stops making their silly I6 and V8
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Newsflash - the existence of this car does not impede your ability to get a different car from BMW's (quite expansive) model portfolio. You want something RWD based and less roomy? Great, get yourself a 2-Series coupe, 3-Series, 4-Series, etc. BMW makes plenty of those types of cars, more than anyone else in the market, in fact. But to say "if someone wanted that platform they could buy an Audi"? It makes precisely ZERO BUSINESS SENSE for BMW to just give away thousands of sales per month to the A3, CLA, A-class, etc. |
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